BLEED/HAVEN

[XX] LEO

Leo and the team had been sleeping in a pile for the majority of the ride to the cargo ship. The spacecraft they were given was about the size of a storage closet and had seats that the team had no desire to sit in. Initially they simply talked and listened to music on their phones before huddling up against the walls together and falling asleep in  a pile. When Leo woke up he took a look back to see Setton's hulking figure leaned shoulder to shoulder with Jet against the wall. Tina and Charnita were both cuddled up in a ball, resting their heads on Setton's legs. Leo had been resting his back against the shoulder of Jet as he fell asleep.

Leo stood up from his position and walked to the flight deck of the ship, seeing very close a large spaceship floating in the otherwise endless black. He sat in the pilot seat and began flipping switches to guide their pod towards the designated entranced that was programmed. Juno spoke in his mind,

"How did you sleep? You all are like children at a sleepover with the songs you sang and games you played earlier."

Leo turned around in his seat and looked back to the still resting crew and smiled, thinking that they really did feel like teenagers after school all hanging out. He could hear Tina snoring, See Jet drooling and Charnita toss and turn every other moment to get comfortable. The level of comfort this team had with one another stemmed far past that of battle, Leo thought. They were more than family, clinging to one another in the void of space, banding together and feeling safe despite being surrounded by any and every trouble fathomable. That feeling was inexplicably comforting to Leo,

"I slept great. I feel so at home with these guys. Being with them is like a safe place. A haven."

From there, a few gentle alarms began going off in the spacecraft to notify the crew of an approaching object, being the cargo ship they were approaching. That alarm seemed to stir Jet out of his rest, who grunted before wiping his mouth and shaking the sleep out of his system, Leo spoke,

"Up and at em sir. We're coming in hot finally."

Jet replied as he began shaking the rest of the crew awake,

"Don't ever call me sir again man. That's weird."

Leo chuckled as he watched the large cargo ship approach, casting a dark shadow and dwarfing their already miniscule spacecraft. There were a few lights pulsating around the mass of dark grey metal, window panels showing normal lighting still functional. Good to know that they would not be in complete darkness on a ship in the middle of nowhere. When the entirety of the Lionessa woke, the ship approached the airlock to enter the ship and after idling in front of it for a few moments, remote access was verified and the garage opened up to the team, which entered and landed as the doors closed and the room repressurized.

Leo rose from the seat and saw Setton press the button to open the side door to allow the team to deplane. Everyone primed their weapons and activated their visors before exiting the ship and stepping foot onto the silvery-white metal flooring of the large garage room they landed in.

There was not a person to be seen in the room, which was bright as could be as the light fixations on the ceiling worked completely fine. Crates were stacked around the area and Leo could see another two aircraft parked in the garage along with them. The room itself was probably the size of two standard gymnasiums, with a high ceiling and an empty feeling. The only sound that could be heard was a gentle purring of ventilation that seeped from the vents. Wires and panels were placed all around the room and nothing seemed out of the ordinary just yet to Leo. Tina spoke,

"That looks like the ship of the other team they sent out here. How come their's is so much bigger?"

Charnita chimed in,